Chiropractic Care and Opioid Use: A Closer Look
The opioid crisis has shown us that relying heavily on drug-focused approaches to what are essentially more functional type problems leads to poor outcomes and increased harm. Each year, opioid overdose, misuse, and dependence account for $35 billion in health care costs. Patients who experienced an opioid overdose accounted for $1.94 billion in annual hospital […]
Unlocking Relief: How Spinal Manipulation Boosts Brain Health and Quality of Life for Low Back Injury Patients
Some very interesting recent research highlights the profound impact that spinal manipulation can have on patients with low back injuries, particularly concerning psychological factors and brain health. Two studies—The Effect of Manual Therapy on Psychological Factors and A spinal manipulative therapy altered brain activity in patients with lumbar disc herniation: A resting-state functional magnetic resonance […]
Link in elderly between posture and brain function.
Upright Posture affects Cognition Function In this study they found that those elderly that moved more and had a more upright correct posture, not only looked better, but ended up with a brain that worked better. This important study provides evidence for a link between postural alignment and cognitive functioning in healthy older adults. In […]
Chiropractic as good as surgery for sciatica!
……… but much safer and much cheaper. A study by JMPT in 2010 titled ”Manipulation or Microdiscectomy of sciatica”, found that patients that had disc herniation’s in their low backs got the same relief with Chiropractic, as those that had surgical intervention!! A common, but very debilitating, spinal complaint that millions suffer every year, with […]
Low back pain – whats causing it?
First things first, the injury: Low back pain affects most of us at some point, differing markedly in how much it affects one person compared with another. Most low back pain has at its source faulty joint function. You injure a part of the joint, this inflames, triggers a reactive spasm which restricts and tightens […]